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... is an Icelandic staple of food , the reindeer are looked upon with very little favour . east . Bears come over with the drift - ice from Greenland , but in no great numbers ; only from ten to fourteen are killed xxxii INTRODUCTION .
... is an Icelandic staple of food , the reindeer are looked upon with very little favour . east . Bears come over with the drift - ice from Greenland , but in no great numbers ; only from ten to fourteen are killed xxxii INTRODUCTION .
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... looked through the port - hole though . Ay ! I guess you seem pretty well streaked , young man ; now , if - you- please , your five shillings . " Confound the Yankee ! On his own proposition we had come to an agreement on the previous ...
... looked through the port - hole though . Ay ! I guess you seem pretty well streaked , young man ; now , if - you- please , your five shillings . " Confound the Yankee ! On his own proposition we had come to an agreement on the previous ...
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... looked in . " Well , Mary , am I wanted ? " asked the parson . " Please your reverence , there's the corpse's brother wants to speak with your honour . " The Westmann islander must lead a melancholy life , cut off from the world ...
... looked in . " Well , Mary , am I wanted ? " asked the parson . " Please your reverence , there's the corpse's brother wants to speak with your honour . " The Westmann islander must lead a melancholy life , cut off from the world ...
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... looked upon as disgrace ; hence the Gula Thing's law commands : " Every dead man is to be taken to church and buried in consecrated ground ; except vile evildoers , betrayers of their masters , inveterate murderers , breakers of ...
... looked upon as disgrace ; hence the Gula Thing's law commands : " Every dead man is to be taken to church and buried in consecrated ground ; except vile evildoers , betrayers of their masters , inveterate murderers , breakers of ...
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... looked up , and said , " The old saying proves to be true— Despair of no man ! ' Where is Grettir ? " " " At home , " answered the wife . and would not come to meet you . " " He is a strange man , " Then let me go to him , " said the ...
... looked up , and said , " The old saying proves to be true— Despair of no man ! ' Where is Grettir ? " " " At home , " answered the wife . and would not come to meet you . " " He is a strange man , " Then let me go to him , " said the ...
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